Many sites have fund drives (with the “target goal” and the big thermometer tracking the progress) to keep the site up and running. We’ve never done one of those. Some of you who know what we are always up against say that we should try it. I’m not comfortable with that.
I do have the gift button on the sidebar, and people utilize it from time to time, and we have the wonderful people who have made their gift a monthly one. They are the lifeblood of the site.
It’s the end of the year and it’s been a rough one.
I painted this this weekend. I guess it’s true about artists, that they often paint when struggling a bit. I didn’t set out to paint anything in particular. It painted itself.
This is called Sanctuary.
It’s 11×14, acrylic, on canvas.
If it interests anyone out there, you can make an offer. If it interests more than one of you, well, I will close comments tonight at 10pm et. Highest offer will have this painting and be helping us out.
Full disclosure. I painted others. More to come. I’ve been contemplative of late.
(Anyone waiting on a commission, please remind me in the comments. I am ready.)
I’ll open at $75.
This would make beautiful Christmas cards!!!
I have so much artwork I don’t have enough walls. In fact just behind me leaning on the walls and bookcase I have 11 framed pieces.
If you make card with this beautiful image I’ll buy a bunch.
I’ll pay for shipping via UPS Ground to the buyer.
Too good to pass up, $100 (starting bid).
We can definitely do better than that. $200
I love it.
Just curious, do you sign these BFH or do you use your name?
I can understand if you use a nom de plume.
Hope my little-bit helps Fur, Beachmom is spot on I’d love to send that as a Christmas card and would grab 50 if you choose to offer them.
That scene on the painting makes me happy…I seldom feel that way. Can’t afford to bid but I made a donation for the opportunity to see it.
It will be signed bfh..
@LocoBlancoSaltine my pet portraits are Signed BFH.
So peaceful and beautiful work. Bidenflation has taken its toll on me and my fixed income so I can’t bid on it.
Fur,
That gives me the idea of asking you to paint my church, it has a lovely gold onion dome. The building used to be a bank so that’s too bad, you can make the building sketchy, but it does have an Orthodox Byzantine cross on the side.
Oh I just thought of this, could you sign it FJB under BFH? tee-hee (I’m so bad)
I bid $250
Nice Freda.
Let’s go up to $275
We probably can’t go for a bid, but I do like the idea of making Christmas cards with it. We’d certainly buy them.
see other thread Matt.
I just saw it. When I first look here in the morning, I start at the bottom and work up.
I won’t bid 1 MILLION dollars
$300
$325.00
Reached my limit, we will see if someone else will up it. Congrats Freda
$350
You mean BHF isn’t your real name?
I wonder if $350.00 is going to hold up.
Me too, joe6pak!
I was about to make a donation, so I’ll bump this one more time. $375.00
$400
Tranquility. I would seek serious spiritual refuge there.
Great work again BFH.
So mrs6pak says she wants it. $500.00.
Thank you very much, mr. and mrs6pak!
-Auction is now closed.
Thanks, everyone!
Awesome! It’s kind of a coincidence that this came up, I was just about to make a donation, probably not $500.00, but this makes the donation more fun. I’m sorry to those that wanted it, but didn’t get it. It looks like a beautiful Christmas scene.
Dang you Joe!! I wanted that and I had to run an errand I come back and you you took it from me.
Congrats Joe!!!!!!
Beautiful work BFH! I hope you make cards of this. As the new owner of the painting I relinquish any rights to future proceeds in the sale of cards or prints. I hope you sell a million of them.
MJA, feel free to tell mrs6pak how smart she is for buying a nice Christmas scene. She says I don’t need to buy a Christmas present now.
Congrats to Joe and Mrs.